Eli Health presents Hormometer to measure your hormones on a smartphone

This is how smart your smartphone is becoming. Now it will be able to analyze your saliva and do a hormone test in real time.

Eli Healthpioneer in hormone monitoring technology, will launch the Hormometer at CES 2025, starting with cortisol and progesterone testing. Eli Health said it has been working on it for five years and has 12 patent-pending innovations.

It is the first solution that transforms any smartphone into a portable hormone analyzer in real time using saliva. This innovative solution, which debuted at CES 2025 and won Best of Innovation at the CES Innovation Awards 2025 program for digital health, redefines hormone tracking by delivering real-time, actionable health information directly through saliva, enabling allows users to monitor and optimize well-being while traveling. .

“At Eli Health, we are creating unprecedented access to knowledge about hormonal health, giving people the tools they need to better understand and support their well-being, every day and throughout their lives,” said Marina Pavlovic Rivas, director Eli Health executive, in a statement. “The Hormometer is the result of years of dedicated research and development at our Canadian facilities, supported by a multidisciplinary team of scientists, engineers, artificial intelligence developers, clinicians and innovators. Combining cutting-edge innovation with a user-friendly design, it delivers laboratory precision in the palm of your hand. “We are making hormone monitoring as simple and accessible as monitoring heart rate, helping people proactively manage their health.”

Just as the glucometer transformed diabetes care, the hormometer ushers in a new era of hormonal health. Compact, non-invasive and accessible, it provides immediate, practical information on critical hormones, starting with cortisol and progesterone.

Leveraging a dozen patent-pending innovations, this FDA-registered system combines cutting-edge microfluidics and bioassay technology with advanced AI computer vision analytics, delivering lab-grade accuracy and insights anytime, anywhere. It revolutionizes hormone control by making it as simple as brushing your teeth and as affordable as a cup of coffee.

Hormones produced by the endocrine glands are vital chemical messengers that regulate almost all aspects of health, including stress, sleep, mood, energy, reproduction, and overall health and longevity.

Hormonal imbalances can have wide-ranging effects and contribute to problems such as chronic stress, fatigue, male and female infertility, weakened immunity, weight fluctuations, sleep disorders, poor heart and bone health, and accelerated aging.

Traditionally, hormone levels are measured using laboratory tests of blood, saliva, or urine, but these methods are expensive and time-consuming, often taking weeks to obtain results. In contrast, existing home hormone tests, while more convenient, rely primarily on somewhat complicated urine tests and focus predominantly on women’s fertility, without offering information on broader hormonal health for all genders. These tests often provide limited information, and many provide binary results (for example, confirming the presence of a hormone) without ongoing monitoring or feedback.

Discovering the science of saliva

While the correlation between hormone concentrations in blood and saliva has been recognized for years, Eli Health is the first to develop a portable, instant saliva-based solution with unparalleled precision across multiple hormones. This innovation is the result of five years of rigorous research and development, backed by a $9 million investment.

The Hormometer combines an innovative one-step process cartridge, advanced microfluidics and a self-contained ultrasensitive bioassay, along with powerful software that transforms any smartphone into a sophisticated chemical analyzer thanks to computer vision algorithms. This breakthrough offers accurate and convenient hormone monitoring in just three easy steps:

Saliva collection: The elegantly designed, finger-thin cartridge is used like a thermometer, placed in the mouth and held for 60 seconds. At its tip, a collection pad made of proprietary materials efficiently captures the saliva sample and releases it into the bioassay. The bioassay detects specific hormones by binding them to capture reagents, producing visible test lines within 20 minutes. Offering sensitivity up to 1,000,000 times greater than most products on the home market, the hormometer sets a new standard for precision in hormonal monitoring.

Biofluid analysis on smartphones: The Eli app transforms smartphones into powerful biofluid scanners. Taking advantage of the phone’s camera, the app precisely analyzes the alignment, color intensity and patterns of the test to extract detailed and accurate hormonal data with advanced AI algorithms. What once took days to process in a lab with trained personnel is now accomplished in seconds, giving anyone instant, lab-quality information at their fingertips.

Health perspectives: The Eli Health app provides personalized trends and actionable recommendations for managing various hormones and their related health functions, including stress management, sleep optimization, sports performance, fertility, and more. The company is creating the first longitudinal data set of its kind, enabling unparalleled insights and advances in precision medicine.

Hormonal health starting with cortisol and progesterone testing

Eli Health’s platform starts with two key hormones (cortisol and progesterone) chosen for their critical roles in overall health:

● Cortisol, the “stress hormone,” influences most bodily functions, regulating the body’s response to stress, cognitive and physical performance, metabolism, immune function, and much more. Monitoring cortisol helps users understand how stressors affect their health, guiding them to adopt better routines. The Eli Cortisol test, the world’s first instant test for this hormone, offers 97% accuracy compared to traditional laboratory gold standard tests approved by the FDA in third-party testing.

● Progesterone, essential for reproductive and general health, influences menstrual cycles, fertility, perimenopause and endocrine conditions. Eli’s progesterone test provides accurate information on hormonal balance, helping users optimize their health and manage hormonal changes. With 94% agreement with traditional FDA-approved laboratory testing in third-party testing, it offers unmatched daily accuracy.
With testosterone and estradiol already in development, Eli Health remains dedicated to expanding its hormone health platform to many other biomarkers, promoting wellness through cutting-edge precision.

Availability and prices

Launching January 2025 in the US and Canada. Subscription plans start at $8/trial for a 12-month commitment, with other flexible options available. For more information, visit https://eli.health or the Eli Health booth at CES 2024 (Venetian Expo, Hall G – 62066).